啊，真厲害。雖然香港人也是用繁體中文，而且也會用英文，但是你還是看的出來我是台灣人。不過台灣的中文可能真的和香港的中文不同。我很少和香港人說話，所以我不太清楚。 (Ah, you are good. Even though the people of Hong Kong also use traditional Chinese and can also use English, but you could still tell that I am a Taiwanese. However, Taiwan's Chinese may be really different from Hong Kong's Chinese. I rarely speak to people from Hong Kong, so I am not too sure.)

I speak german and english, and I am about to learn the russian language.Also I understand a few words in spanish, french and latin.In addition, I sometimes manage to understand dutch and swedish words, since there are some similarities.

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:30 am

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Re: Languages

I speak English fluently, Spanish to some degree (though I'm slow and awkward), and a few disconnected words in French, German and Japanese.

I speak English and basic French, English being my native language, french being taught in school. (my french is very rusty, some practice may be necessary). I can get as far as ordering a coffee in Spanish and Italian, but could never hope to hold a conversation. I can order a beer and swear in German. I am trying to learn some japanese, but beyond translating menus I can't speak enough to do much.

I can also understand the Scots dialect fluently, although I never speak much of it myself. An interesting fact I've noticed regarding the Scots dialect, is that my speech becomes more Scottish when talking to people who use a lot of Scots dialect and have stronger accents than I do. The rest of my family does this to varying degrees, it's probably true of most regional accents and dialects.

啊，真厲害。雖然香港人也是用繁體中文，而且也會用英文，但是你還是看的出來我是台灣人。不過台灣的中文可能真的和香港的中文不同。我很少和香港人說話，所以我不太清楚。 (Ah, you are good. Even though the people of Hong Kong also use traditional Chinese and can also use English, but you could still tell that I am a Taiwanese. However, Taiwan's Chinese may be really different from Hong Kong's Chinese. I rarely speak to people from Hong Kong, so I am not too sure.)

我也是台湾人，不过我后来移民到澳洲去寻找＂爱不利"! 我现在住在北京念国际学校。因为我小时候不会写中文，我来到了北京之后学会简体字。

I'm also Taiwanese but I immigrated to Australia to search for Ebly! I am currently studying at an International School in Beijing and because I didn't know how to write Chinese till I got to Beijing, I was taught how to write simplified Chinese instead of the Traditional method.

To my own regret I am only fluent in English, and though I've attempted to learn several languages, I have made no progress what so ever. Though I take great pride in everything I write, to make up for my lack of diversity in languages.

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:37 pm

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Re: Languages

I'm only fluent in English. I used to be conversational in Spanish, but you lose that if you never speak it. Now I don't know very much Spanish at all.

I've taken classes in German and Japanese. I was way more talented at German, and got up to a conversational level (to my current dismay/joy, I didn't learn Hochdeutch but learned Berlinerisch because my teacher kept slipping into Berlinerisch when he spoke), whereas my Japanese was always pretty terrible. It's been so long since I've spoken German though, I now have a hard time with it.

I have a moderate understanding of Latin and Greek grammar but basically no vocabulary for the latter, and very little for the former. With a dictionary I could form sentences if I was given hours of time.

Same thing for Old and Middle English, although Middle English is much easier anyway.

I know some Dutch, and can understand basic conversation, but can not speak it at all.

I have low amounts of knowledge pertaining to Finnish, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål, I don't know anything about Nynorsk), and I used to be able to read Czech.

English,Taking French 1 at school and doing pretty well in it,And a few words in Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Latin.

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:00 pm

NightFox

Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:40 pmPosts: 106

Re: Languages

English is my native language, but soon I'll be taking Spanish and French in High School, and later taking professional German classes.

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:04 pm

Beagle

Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:09 pmPosts: 1624Location: North Carolina

Re: Languages

NightFox wrote:

English is my native language, but soon I'll be taking Spanish and French in High School, and later taking professional German classes.

They offer Spanish and French (obviously) at my high school as well.

If my French teacher is correct on this (and please correct me if I'm wrong) : Spanish is more practical for living in America and Mexico. But go over to Europe, and French is a much better common ground.

Dunno why I typed that, has no relevence, but this is the language thread.

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:09 pm

Sleet

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Re: Languages

Spanish is probably the second most useful language to know, after English. Worldwide, at least.

To my own regret I am only fluent in English, and though I've attempted to learn several languages, I have made no progress what so ever. Though I take great pride in everything I write, to make up for my lack of diversity in languages.

try latin. its useless, but very interesting. it also doesn't seem to have as many rules as some of the other languages. (though i admit i wouldn't take it if it weren't for a class)

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:26 pm

Psykeout

Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:15 pmPosts: 4579Images: 1

Re: Languages

learning latin, and im not horrible at it. also i fluently speak pig latin (i know that sounds funny, but i realy am fluent in in. don't even have to think about it to do it any more. i have some working knowledge of spanish, but i don't even want to bother learning it.

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:28 pm

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Devil Skirrl

Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:42 pmPosts: 8314Images: 0

Re: Languages

English is my native language. I took a couple of semesters of German in college.

Also, I've been teaching myself Latin. You know, for kicks.

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:56 pm

Psykeout

Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:15 pmPosts: 4579Images: 1

Re: Languages

its not a horrible fail.i guess.

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:09 pm

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Devil Skirrl

Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:42 pmPosts: 8314Images: 0

Re: Languages

I lost my "textbook," so I'm a few months out of practice. x3

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:10 pm

Psykeout

Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:15 pmPosts: 4579Images: 1

Re: Languages

this is what i use http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/ but i don't think you can use it without being part of a school program. you can still browse it, though.

Spanish is probably the second most useful language to know, after English. Worldwide, at least.

I coulda sworn that was Mandarin Chinese.

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:47 pm

Sleet

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Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:32 amPosts: 16047Location: Nephelokokkygia

Re: Languages

I said useful, not spoken by the most people. Mandarin Chinese actually has more speakers than even English. But most of the people who speak it aren't worth speaking to unless you live in or are visiting China (and I don't mean that in an insulting way). Whereas English and Spanish are important if you're going to travel to one of many countries in the world, English being the main language in several of the most culturally influential countries.

I said useful, not spoken by the most people. Mandarin Chinese actually has more speakers than even English. But most of the people who speak it aren't worth speaking to unless you live in or are visiting China (and I don't mean that in an insulting way). Whereas English and Spanish are important if you're going to travel to one of many countries in the world, English being the main language in several of the most culturally influential countries.

I posted that with the impression of most useful. Most if not all business schools encourage (and a lot require) students to learn mandarin Chinese, as China is becoming a powerhouse in the global market.

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:55 pm

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Re: Languages

In business, perhaps, but in general I don't think it's as useful as Spanish. At the very least not as useful as English.

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